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Senate passes substitute bill setting timelines, procedures for incompetent defendants
Summary
The Senate passed the first substitute to SB 22, outlining examinations, timelines for competency restoration and pathways (remand, reports, discharge or civil commitment) for defendants found incompetent; the substitute passed on first reading and will go to the House.
The Utah Senate approved the first substitute to Senate Bill 22, a substantive revision setting the process for handling criminal defendants deemed incompetent.
Senator Montgomery, who presented the substitute, said the bill responds to court decisions (including Jackson v. Indiana) and court rulings in the state that left statutory gaps on…
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